It's been a couple of years since Ron Stahl got to go fish halibut by Hog Island. His son won't take him, I'm told. Luckily for Ron his buddy Dale will take him back there because today Ron caught a 25 pounder while fishing with him. Nice work, gentlemen.

Bad news, fishermen. There's 30 pounds less of halibut in the bay. Strangely, I don't think Don Mosby feels bad about that. It doesn't look like it, anyway. Maybe he's crying on the inside.

A few more halibut today, and a few guys caught limits of nice Dungeness in the bay and in the outer bay. The low tide and shifting sands caught a few boats on the bar off of Sand Point this morning. The green can that used to mark the edge of the channel isn't where it needs to be and now the only thing it marks is itself. The channel across the bay has shifted and a trip around the back channel is strongly suggested at low tide. The shifting sand in the main channel by marker 5 buried one crabber's pot today and he was actually dragged over the side by the current and the moving boat when he hooked the buoy with his gaff. Luckily he had the presence of mind to let go and swim to the boat. Also lucky were the all the people not hurt in the boat collisions this weekend, both in the ocean on Friday and at the launch today. It's a big ocean, people. Let's give each other a little more room.

Mike Pfiefle of Lodi plugged this 26 pound halibut today. Please note the shot to the center of mass. There were a few halibut caught by fishermen in the last few days as well. One boat yesterday caught two 'buts on white bucktails. Rockfish took a beating the last couple of days but salmon didn't show up in the fish boxes here. The wind eased up for a couple of days but has returned for some lively kite-flying action.

Kip and Syd Bottomley brought in these two halibut to brag weigh in. Kip's weighed 23.5 pounds and Syd's weighed 26 pounds. They were by Hog Island and they drifted dead herring.